The Mechanism of Burn-in Loss in a High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cell

Craig H. Peters, I. T. Sachs-Quintana, William R. Mateker, Thomas Heumueller, Jonathan Rivnay, Rodigo Noriega, Zach M. Beiley, Eric T. Hoke, Alberto Salleo, Michael D. McGehee

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Abstract

Degradation in a high efficiency polymer solar cell is caused by the formation of states in the bandgap. These states increase the energetic disorder in the system. The power conversion efficiency loss does not occur when current is run through the device in the dark but occurs when the active layer is photo-excited. Copyright © 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)663-668
Number of pages6
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume24
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 11 2011
Externally publishedYes

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